Functions: Anterior Pituitary Gland: Releasing and inhibiting hormones from the anterior pituitary
TARGET ORGANS: Growth hormone, Prolactin, Thyroid-stimulating hormone, Adrenocorticotropic hormone, Gonadotropins
Posterior Pituitary Gland:stores hormones made by the hypothalamus -releases these hormones into the blood in response to nerve impulses from the hypothalamus
TARGET ORGANS: Antidiuretic hormone, Oxytocin,
Thyroid: thyroxine & triiodothyroidnine: they regulate metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, & proteins
TARGET ORGANS: basal metabollic rate, calcitonin, phosphate ions
Adrenal Glands: secretes epinephrine & nonrephinephrine